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  2. OSHA reaches largest-of-its-kind settlement with Amazon over ...

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    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a settlement with Amazon over allegations of hazardous workplace conditions, ABC News first reported Thursday. The settlement ...

  3. Amazon agrees to worker safety measures to settle US probe - AOL

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    Amazon settled a series of complaints by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration involving 10 facilities across the country, which were set to go to trial before administrative judges ...

  4. Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Wikipedia

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    Before OSHA can issue a standard, it must go through a very extensive and lengthy process that includes substantial public engagement, notice, and comment. The agency must show that a significant risk to workers exists and that there are feasible measures employers can take to protect their workers. In 2000, OSHA issued an ergonomics standard.

  5. Ergonomic hazard - Wikipedia

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    Commonly, ergonomic issues can arise in an office setting. [12] [13] Many people who work in an office (either a home office or a formal office building) often spend hours sitting and working in the same position. Ergonomic considerations include chair and computer monitor height adjustment, lighting position, break frequency, and chair design ...

  6. Occupational hazard - Wikipedia

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    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) establishes enforceable standards to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses. [2] In the EU, a similar role is taken by EU-OSHA. Occupational hazard, as a term signifies both long-term and short-term risks associated with the workplace environment.

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  8. Occupational Safety and Health Act (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Long title: An Act to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women; by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the Act; by assisting and encouraging the States in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions; by providing for research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health; and for other ...

  9. Ergonomics for manual material handling - Wikipedia

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    The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) lifting equation (1994) [1] provides guidelines for evaluating two-handed manual lifting tasks. It defines a Recommended Weight Limit (RWL) as the weight of the load that nearly all healthy workers can lift over a substantial period of time (e.g., eight hours) without an increased ...